Intel Xeon Gold 6254 vs Intel Core i7-12850HX

Compare Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 12 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10336 points
15% slightly better overall score
8926 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7901 points
10736 points
35% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11185 points
33% slightly better multitasking score
8383 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11474 points
38% slightly better heavy workload score
8262 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

312.88 points
43% significantly higher Blender score
218.16 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.09 GHz
47% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.8 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

200 W
55 W
263% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

48
139% significantly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

6
200% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

79th of 1,089
112th of 1,089

Family

The product line

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Xeon Gold 6254 vs Core i7-12850HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12850HX beats the Xeon Gold 6254 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6254 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12850HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Xeon Gold 6254 that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon Gold 6254. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon Gold 6254 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12850HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12850HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12850HX outputs less heat than Xeon Gold 6254 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Xeon Gold 6254 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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